 The first creature of God, in the works of the days, was the light of the sense; the last was the light of reason; and his sabbath work ever since is the illumination of his Spirit. First he breathed light upon the face of the matter or chaos; then he...  Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political - Pàgina 3per Francis Bacon - 1812 - 295 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Bath Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club (Bath, England) - 1873 - 536 pàgines
...science owes its first beginnings. Lord Bacon, quoting the celebrated Roman philosopher, says— " It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tossed upon the sea ; a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle, and the adventures... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1873 - 266 pàgines
...illumination of his Spirit. First he breathed light upon the face of the matter, or chaos; then he breathed light into the face of man; and still he breatheth and inspireth light3 into the face of his chosen. The poet that beautified the sect that was otherwise inferior to... | |
 | 1924 - 306 pàgines
...but they are not his. He never permits himself to be a litigant, and he knows, with Lucretius, that "it is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tossed upon the sea ; a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle, and the adventures... | |
 | Ben Jonson - 1925 - 516 pàgines
...Illumination of his Spirit. First he breathed Light, vpon the Face, of the Matter or Chaos ; Then he breathed Light, into the Face of Man ; and still he breatheth...Poet, that beautified the Sect, that was otherwise inferiour to the rest, saith yet excellently well : It is a pleasure to stand vpmi the shore, and to... | |
 | Rudolph Wilson Chamberlain, Joseph Sheldon Gerry Bolton - 1923 - 392 pàgines
...illumination of his Spirit. First he breathed light upon the face of the matter, or chaos; than he breathed light into the face of man ; and still he breatheth...the face of his chosen. The poet that beautified the sect2 that was otherwise inferior to the rest, saith yet excellently well: "It is a pleasure to stand... | |
 | George William McClelland - 1925 - 1178 pàgines
...illumination of his Spirit. First he breathed light upon the face of the matter or chaos; then he breathed ed my inaccuracy, by showing 3 that beautified the sect that was otherwise inferior to the rest, saith yet excellently well: It... | |
 | Jacob Zeitlin - 1926 - 408 pàgines
...illumination of his Spirit. First he breathed light upon the face of the matter or chaos, then he breathed light into the face of man, and still he breatheth...pleasure to stand upon the shore and to see ships tossed upon the sea; a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle and to see a battle and the adventures... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1926 - 928 pàgines
...illumination of his Spirit. First he breathed light upon the face of the matter or chaos ; then he breathed beloved, thou my love ; Whose kiss seems still the...whose summoning eyes, Even now, as for our love-wo 2 that beautified the sect 3 that was otherwise inferior to the rest, saith yet excellently well :... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1926 - 332 pàgines
...that beautified10 the Sect that was otherwise inferiour to the rest, saith yet excellently well : 50 It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tost 1 does not make the world 'sdra- " whatever the true cause may matic spectacles and farcical shows... | |
 | Walter Savage Landor - 1927 - 318 pàgines
...the following ? " ' First he breathed light upon the face of the matter, or chaos ; then he breathed light into the face of man ; and still he breatheth...and inspireth light into the face of his chosen.' " I looked with wonder at him, knowing his seriousness and gravity, his habits and powers of ratiocination,... | |
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